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Islamabad: SC commutes death sentence into life term

Islamabad: SC commutes death sentence into life term

ISLAMABAD: A full bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday commuted death sentence of a convict into life imprisonment due to the lack of evidence. The SC bench comprised justices MuhammadNawaz Abbasi, Muhammad Qaim Jan Khan and Muhammad Farrukh Mahmood.

Muhammad Younas, the convict, had killedCIA Constable Naseer Ahmad in the jurisdiction of PoliceStationGujarpura, Lahore Cantt, on October 21, 1997. Ahmad had been trying to stop Younas from firing at his rivalIrshad, but a bullet had hit him and he died. Later, a trial court awardeddeath sentence to Younas for killingAhmad. The Lahore High Court also upheld the death sentence. Chaudhry Muhammad Akram, counsel for the petitioner, argued that there was no witness to the incident. According to the medical report, he said, Ahmad had died due to brain haemorrhage and not from a bullet shot. After hearing his arguments, the court accepted Younas’ plea and commuted the capital punishment into lifeimprisonment. Punjab DeputyProsecutor General Mian Asif appeared for the state.